The Dubai trip

Some things happened unplanned.That was how I ended in Dubai for almost a week with 6 ladies from the finance field.And what fun it was! Syukurlah di atas kesempatan bertemu dgn key people in the industry in Dubai and we got to visit a few universities in government cars. Raja Ajman hantar Mercedes and with that passport kami masuk unis tanpa appointments, subhanaAllah. I do not know kawan kaya2 or berpengaruh but I have Allah. We were invited to the king's court and we had a drink with him (I ambik carrot juice, dia pun ambik carrot juice..so sweet. Ingat nak cuba la minuman lain but the dayang angkat cepat sangat.Someone who took the Kiwi juice cakap minuman raja memang lain rasanya. Haha. I was hoping for the pineapple juice for second round).

Pas tu lawyer dia bawak kita merata..hospital lah, uni lah. Hospital visit tu I suka sebab canggih sangat. We met the founder (of 8 hospitals in the Gulf and Africa).Orang-orang macam ni humble. Syukur alhamdulillah, dapat berjumpa.Founder dia pun warak.

Yang paling we enjoyed (women being women) was shopping arbayas at Naif Souk. I yang tak suka arbaya ni pun beli juga. They said I looked like a princess wearing it.Haha..kipas lagi akak, kipas.Panas ni.

Malaysian community di sini baik2 tak macam London. We get free meals daily! Dato DB belanja high tea at The Gate.Mlmnya people from the Bank bawak makan kat restaurant Pakistan (fusion). The following night at a fancy Chinese restaurant. Alhamdulillah.Rezeki orang teraniaya. Haha.

But yang paling best on the way back lepakking at Biz Lounge at Muscat airport. Phuiyoo..Omani food sedap gila. There's something like bubur lambuk which I loved so much.

But travelling is no longer that fun for me.Tak larat nak jalan. Airport pulak besar2 sekarang.

Raya with CCIL

Z and her father thought it was really funny catching me chatting with members of CCIL. What does it stand for, Z asked. thinking it's some kind of international commission macam SUHAKAM kaa apa kaa.

I said Cucu Cicit Imam Long.

She and her dad ketawa berguling-guling.

What's so funny? Macam some underground secret society, she said. It is, said I. Grinning.

We met for the first time in 7 generations in Temau. I main redah je. Nasib baik they were kind. Siap bagi location. It was a real countryside. Got tobek..angsa, itik, rabbits, peacocks (30 ekor!), burung from rare species, herbal garden, rusa, kambing..ohh what a heaven! We all loved it. Robert nak datang lagi bawa kawan2 nanti, katanya yang baru digigit tikus jari kakinya (it became a raya joke for days).

We went visiting rumah sedara mara (yang semakin sedikit sebab ramai dah meninggal). First day at Kak De's and second day at Long's. A lot of laughter over me teaching Robert important Malay expressions like "saya haus"and "saya lapar". He will survive with that. :)

Balik KL we went visiting sedara mara in KL pulak (yang tak berapa sihat).Tiring juga dok makan minum ginih but nice meeting setahun sekali. :)

Back at work, I managed to accomplish quite a lot, alhamdulillah. I need the quiet to focus. Give me more time and space. Kerja menimbun ni.

Ramadan makin berundur

This Ramadan I got hooked up reading the Quran. Cita-cita nak khatam but in the final week byk betul distractionsnya. I have 4 chapters to go. Rasanya takda la tu. But I have read those 4 chapters so secara logiknya I dah baca satu Quran sekali dgn tafsirnya but tak puas hati sebab tak sejajar dgn bacaan di bulan Romdan.Oh well, good reason to continue reading after Ramadan.

Yang nyta, Allah feels strongly about manusia ini selalu nak menyekutukanNya and how every time we say we will believe if He shows this and that, kita akan senantiasa mungkir janji and continue to menyekutukannya. Allah tak suka kita sembah selain dia: berhala, jin/syaitan (bagi yang kuat berbomoh tu, ingat2lah) and He says He knows what we think and do secara terbuka or tertutup.

Lagi satu sifatNya yang Penyanyang nyata.  He says He will not destroy sesuatu kaum/tempat itu jika yang buat jahat tu segelintir. Bila semua dah teruk, baru turun bala. Dia Maha Pengampun..macamana jahat pun kita if kita taubat dan kembali ke jalanNya, kita clean.

Ramadan semakin berundur.We do not know if we will have this opportunity again next year. Last Ramadan I could still do terawih at the mosque berdiri. This year, nak duduk bersimpuh pun sakit. So let's doa we will be given another healthy year to meet Ramadan next year and masa yang berbaki dua hari ni, pulun...jangan tak pulun.

Selamat beribadah.